Re: Tiniest crowds

Originally Posted by Drewski27

throbbing gristle had like 20 people watching in 2009. that had to be the smallest ive ever seen.

Yea, I saw this in person. It was a ghost town, kind of a sad turn out. I only walked passed it though. It was strange to see so little people in a tent with a a band on stage. The cure and a late Sunday spot killed em.

Re: Tiniest crowds

Originally Posted by nbvcide

yeah, throbbing gristle, shpongle and black lips had very small crowds when they started but crowds grew as other sets ended. the end of the Orb was amazing and the tent was so empty i didnt realize an act was still performing.. but aside from the dome, the clear winner is Scala & Kolency Bros, who closed the gobi across from chem bros, boys noize and flogging molly. there were 16 people when i counted, and never had more than 30. at one point there were more people on stage than in the audience..these girls flew all the way from germany, several looked crushed but the conductor kept them going through what ended up one of the best sets of the wknd.

I saw Scala & Kolacny Bros on the webcast and it looked amazing. Really want to catch them live. Those horrendous set times really eased a lot of doubts I had about skipping last year. Them and the Chemical Brothers were the closest I had to must-sees that day and they both played at the same time, and then earlier in the afternoon there were 4 acts I wanted to see that clashed and overlaped, and at least a few hours in the evening with nothing I wanted to see.

Re: Tiniest crowds

Originally Posted by malcolmjamalawesome

I am fairly curious about how the acts feel about having small crowds. As has been said before, they still get paid the same. I figure early-in-the-day acts may not expect much of a crowd, but I wonder if anyone gets butthurt.

wont be surprised if the fascist elite start using the cattle bracelets to take tally of how many people are in each tent and pay accordingly.

Re: Tiniest crowds

Originally Posted by CitizenJ

Yea, I saw this in person. It was a ghost town, kind of a sad turn out. I only walked passed it though. It was strange to see so little people in a tent with a a band on stage. The cure and a late Sunday spot killed em.

Well, there's that, but it might also have had something to do with the fact that they are a band whose catalog includes spoken word based songs about ripping a fetus from a pregnant woman's stomach with a knife. Kind of a niche act to begin with, regardless of billing or historical significance.